Theodore Eisfeld

Theodore Eisfeld (born April 11, 1816 in Wolfenbüttel as Theodor Eisfeld , † September 4, 1882 in Wiesbaden ) was a German conductor and composer . From 1849 to 1865 he was chief conductor of the New York Philharmonic .

Life

Eisfeld studied violin with Karl Friedrich Müller (1797–1873) in Braunschweig and with Carl Gottlieb Reissiger (1798–1859) in Dresden composition theory . Between 1840 and 1842 he was court conductor of Duke Adolph von Nassau in Wiesbaden. From 1839 to 1843 he was the orchestra leader of the “Concerts Vivienne” in Paris and at the same time studied singing with Gioachino Rossini (1792–1868) in Bologna .

Eisfeld was made an honorary member by the Academia Santa Cecilia in Rome and had been a conductor in the Philharmonic Society in New York since 1844 . There he became music director of the New York Philharmonic in 1849.

Eisfeld was one of the few survivors of the shipwreck of the steam engine ship Austria , which sank on September 13, 1858 after a fire on board. The unconscious passenger floating in the water was spotted and picked up by the crew of a rescue ship. He then suffered from a nervous condition that prevented him from doing his job, so from 1866 he spent his retirement years in Wiesbaden, where he died in 1882 at the age of 66.

literature

Steffen Tiggeler: Eisfeld, Theodor. In: Horst-Rüdiger Jarck , Günter Scheel (ed.): Braunschweigisches Biographisches Lexikon - 19th and 20th centuries . Hahnsche Buchhandlung, Hannover 1996, ISBN 3-7752-5838-8 , p. 160 .

Web links

Theodore Eisfeld on the New York Philharmonic Orchestra website, accessed November 7, 2014
A Letter from Theodore Eisfeld . JSTOR 25306193

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Bartholf Senff : Signals for the musical world . 40th year, Leipzig 1882, p. 745.
↑ Eduard Bernsdorf (ed.): New universal lexicon of music art for artists, art lovers and all educated people. Volume 1, Schäfer, Dresden 1856, p. 768.
↑ ^a ^b Steffen Tiggeler: Eisfeld, Theodor. In: Horst-Rüdiger Jarck , Günter Scheel (ed.): Braunschweigisches Biographisches Lexikon - 19th and 20th centuries . Hahnsche Buchhandlung, Hannover 1996, ISBN 3-7752-5838-8 , p. 160 .
^ ^A ^b Julius Schuberth: Small musical conversation lexicon. 6th edition, Schuberth, Leipzig 1865, p. 91.

personal data
SURNAME	Eisfeld, Theodore
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Eisfeld, Theodor (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German Kapellmeister and composer
DATE OF BIRTH	April 11, 1816
PLACE OF BIRTH	Wolfenbüttel
DATE OF DEATH	September 4, 1882
Place of death	Wiesbaden

[Senff-1] Bartholf Senff : Signals for the musical world . 40th year, Leipzig 1882, p. 745.

[2] Eduard Bernsdorf (ed.): New universal lexicon of music art for artists, art lovers and all educated people. Volume 1, Schäfer, Dresden 1856, p. 768.

[BBL-3] Steffen Tiggeler: Eisfeld, Theodor. In: Horst-Rüdiger Jarck , Günter Scheel (ed.): Braunschweigisches Biographisches Lexikon - 19th and 20th centuries . Hahnsche Buchhandlung, Hannover 1996, ISBN 3-7752-5838-8 , p. 160 .

[Schuberth-4] A ^b Julius Schuberth: Small musical conversation lexicon. 6th edition, Schuberth, Leipzig 1865, p. 91.